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How can the financial services industry expect investors to understand and care if their advisor is acting as a fiduciary when many participants don’t even grasp all the implications...
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What would advisors do with an extra dollar? Most would put it towards growth opportunities, according to the 2015 Scottrade Advisor Services Study. This was the top answer among advisors of all...
What took the Department of Labor five years to accomplish will take lawmakers just over a month. A group of bipartisan lawmakers said Friday they plan to introduce a legislative proposal to ensure advisors act in their clients' best...
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Yes, there is a shortfall in retirement savings, but a recent Blackrock investor poll suggests many aren't aware of it. More than seven in ten investors expect to be able to trav...
Dec 3 Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is lashing out against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its push against legislation that would require government agencies to get warrants before accessing emails of people under investigation...
Raymond James Financial agreed to acquire Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s private client brokerage on Thursday in a deal that will add about 200 advisors to the Florida-based brokerage...
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Your clients have a new tool to check up on you. On GradeMyAdvisor.com, investors create a free profile and enter their investment portfolio and their advisor. The information is secure, t...
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There’s been a great deal of excitement in the past year over the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide. But there are still a number of places where same-sex couples are barred from marrying without the invo...
In the race to compete with low-cost, online algorithm-based investing services, financial advisers are constantly bombarded by sales pitches about the latest and greatest in financial technology...
Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday downgraded RCS Capital's (RCAP) corporate credit rating from B3 to Caa1 with a negative outlook. Moody’s cited the firm’s diminished ability to pay down its debt from ongoing...
